2017 Evian Championship


The 2017 Evian Championship was played 14–17 September at the Evian Resort Golf Club in Évian-les-Bains, France. It was the 24th Evian Championship, and the fifth as a major championship on the LPGA Tour. The event was televised by Golf Channel and NBC Sports in the United States and Sky Sports in the United Kingdom.
Anna Nordqvist beat Brittany Altomare at the first hole of a sudden-death playoff, after the pair had tied on 204. The event was reduced to 54 holes after the first day's play was abandoned because of bad weather.

Field

The field for the tournament is set at 120, and most earn exemptions based on past performance on the Ladies European Tour, the LPGA Tour, or with a high ranking in the Women's World Golf Rankings.
There are 15 exemption categories for the 2017 Evian Championship.
1. The top 40 in the Women's World Golf Rankings, as of 15 August 2017
Choi Hye-jin, Chun In-gee, Carlota Ciganda, Jodi Ewart Shadoff, Shanshan Feng, Brooke Henderson, Charley Hull, M. J. Hur, Ariya Jutanugarn, Moriya Jutanugarn, Danielle Kang, Cristie Kerr, Kim Hyo-joo, In-Kyung Kim, Kim Sei-young, Lydia Ko, Jessica Korda, Lee Mi-hyang, Minjee Lee, Mirim Lee, Haru Nomura, Anna Nordqvist, Park Sung-hyun, Suzann Pettersen, Gerina Piller, Ryu So-yeon, Lexi Thompson, Amy Yang
2. Past Evian Championship winners
all already qualified
3. Active Evian Masters Champions
Paula Creamer, Laura Davies, Juli Inkster, Ai Miyazato, Karrie Webb
4. Winners of the other women's majors for the last five years
Brittany Lang, Brittany Lincicome, Mo Martin
5. LPGA Tour winners since the 2016 Evian
Katherine Kirk
6. LET winners since the 2016 Evian
Beth Allen, Aditi Ashok, Azahara Muñoz, Florentyna Parker, Melissa Reid, Supamas Sangchan, Klára Spilková, Atthaya Thitikul, Anne van Dam
7. The top five on the LET Order of Merit, as of 5 September
Georgia Hall, Caroline Masson
8. Top 10 and ties from the 2016 Evian Championship
Angela Stanford
9. 2017 U.S. Women's Amateur champion
Sophia Schubert
10. 2017 British Ladies Amateur champion
11. Top two players from the PHC Classic on the Symetra Tour
Brittany Marchand, Marion Ricordeau
12. Top player after the Evian Challenge in South Korea
Kim Do-yeon
13. Top two from the Jabra Ladies Open on the LET Access Series
Isabelle Boineau, Johanna Gustavsson
14. Evian invitations
Natalie Gulbis, Agathe Laisné, Paphangkorn Tavatanakit, Albane Valenzuela
15. LPGA Tour money list, as of 5 September
Marina Alex, Brittany Altomare, Nicole Broch Larsen, Katie Burnett, Pei-Yun Chien, Chella Choi, Cydney Clanton, Jacqui Concolino, Perrine Delacour, Lindy Duncan, Austin Ernst, Simin Feng, Sandra Gal, Laura Gonzalez Escallon, Jaye Marie Green, Mina Harigae, Caroline Hedwall, Wei-Ling Hsu, Karine Icher, Ji Eun-hee, Tiffany Joh, Kim Kaufman, Megan Khang, Christina Kim, Joanna Klatten, Nelly Korda, Olafia Kristinsdottir, Candie Kung, Bronte Law, Alison Lee, Amelia Lewis, Lee Jeong-eun, Pernilla Lindberg, Gaby López, Catriona Matthew, Ally McDonald, Wichanee Meechai, Su-Hyun Oh, Amy Olson, Ryann O'Toole, Lee-Anne Pace, Jane Park, Emily Kristine Pedersen, Pornanong Phatlum, Morgan Pressel, Beatriz Recari, Madelene Sagström, Sherman Santiwiwatthanaphong, Jenny Shin, Kelly Shon, Sarah Jane Smith, Jennifer Song, Mariah Stackhouse, Marissa Steen, Thidapa Suwannapura, Yani Tseng, Ayako Uehara, Mariajo Uribe, Jing Yan, Angel Yin, Yoo Sun-young

Past champions in the field

Course

Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Par434434535354445353443671
Yards3991653554141883845451895053,1444173534064992095271553314413,3386,482
Metres3651513253791723514981734612,8743813233724561914821423034033,0525,926

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Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 14 September 2017
Strong winds and heavy rain caused play to be abandoned. The scores of the players who had already started were not counted and the tournament will resume on Friday as a 54-hole event with a cut after 36 holes.
Friday, 15 September 2017
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Park Sung-hyun63−8
2Moriya Jutanugarn65−6
T3Katherine Kirk66−5
T3Anna Nordqvist66−5
T5Marina Alex67−4
T5In-Kyung Kim67−4
T5Jessica Korda67−4
T8Austin Ernst68−3
T8Georgia Hall68−3
T8M. J. Hur68−3
T8Lydia Ko68−3
T8Ai Miyazato68−3
T8Ryann O'Toole68−3
T8Sophia Schubert 68−3
T8Ayako Uehara68−3

Second round

Saturday, 16 September 2017
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Moriya Jutanugarn65-68=133−9
2Ayako Uehara68-66=134−8
3Katherine Kirk66-69=135−7
T4In-Kyung Kim67-69=136−6
T4Lydia Ko68-68=136−6
T4Park Sung-hyun63-73=136−6
T7Shanshan Feng69-68=137−5
T7Georgia Hall68-69=137−5
T7Jennifer Song72-65=137−5
T7Angela Stanford69-68=137−5

Final round

Sunday, 17 September 2017

Scorecard

Final round
Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par434434535444535344
Nordqvist−3−3−3−3−2−3−5−5−5−5−5−6−6−7−9−10−10−9
Altomare−4−3−3−4−5−5−5−6−7−7−7−8−8−8−8−8−9−9
Jutanugarn−8−8−9−10−9−9−9−9−10−10−10−10−9−9−9−9−9−8
Kirk−8−8−8−8−8−7−8−8−8−7−7−7−7−8−9−8−7−8
Ko−6−6−7−8−8−8−7−7−7−7−7−7−6−7−9−9−9−8
Feng−5−5−5−6−7−6−6−5−5−5−5−6−7−7−7−8−8−7
Kim−4−4−4−4−5−5−5−5−5−3−3−4−5−6−5−6−6−7
Uehara−8−8−8−7−7−7−7−7−7−7−8−8−7−5−5−5−5−4

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Playoff

The sudden-death playoff was on the par-4 18th hole. Altomare took a double-bogey 6 to Nordqvist's bogey 5.
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney
1Anna Nordqvist5+1547,500
2Brittany Altomare6+2339,625